Crowd Boos NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio During First Pitch At Mets Game

31 Mar 2014

Card-carrying Red Sox fan Bill de Blasio was booed twice while throwing the first pitch during a Mets game today. The mayor, who has become increasingly unpopular thanks to far-left education and tax policies, took the booing in stride while pitching.

The New York Postreports that fans booed the mayor twice, once for every time the announcer spoke his name into the microphone. De Blasio, clad in a Mets cap and jersey, was “loudly booed” upon entering and exciting the field.

Another baseball enthusiast generously commented that, at least, de Blasio “threw the ball nice, though.” Meanwhile, CBS2 reports that the mayor was “largely booed” but also received “mild cheers,” though footage makes that claim debatable. According to the New York Daily News, de Blasio himself said that he was not expecting any particular reaction from the audience: “I think everyone’s going to be too cold to respond.”

The first polls from the de Blasio administration are also not promising. According to the first poll, from Marist University, 57% of New Yorkers thought de Blasio was doing a less than “good” job as mayor, while only 10% believed he was doing an “excellent” job. A Quinnipiac poll found the same trend–de Blasio’s approval ratings had dropped eight points since taking office in January.